Australia's first same-sex weddings – in pictures

Barring a handful of couples who got an exemption from the mandatory waiting period, 9 January was the first day same-sex couples could legally wed in Australia. As the clock struck midnight, couples around the country tied the knot. Here are pictures of some of the happy couples

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Teegan Daly, left, and Mahatia Minniecon at their midnight wedding on 9 January 2018, one of the first gay weddings in Australia
Photograph: Christian Marc Photography

Mon 8 Jan 2018 20.24 EST

Teegan Daly, left, and Mahatia Minniecon at their midnight wedding hosted by the Altar Electric at the Ferdydurke in Melbourne.

Daly and Minniecon had a commitment ceremony in 2016. ‘We got sick of waiting. We felt like it was never going to happen, so we went ahead and did it ... we actually can’t believe only a year later and it’s actually happened!’